CONCUSSION - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CONCUSSION? Definition of CONCUSSION in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

In the  civil law. The  unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to give something of value. It differs from robbery, in this: That in robbery the thing  is taken  by force, while  in concussion it is obtained by threatened violence. Heinec.Elem.  § 1071. In medical jurisprudence. Concussion of the brain is a jarring of the  brain substance, by a fall, blow, or other external injury,  without  laceration of its tissue,  or with only microscopical lac- eration.  Mathews v. Hayne,  La.App.,  188 So. 462, 468.

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